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Andromeda polifolia L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 393 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000534279.

Synonyms of Andromeda polifolia L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Rhododendron polifolium (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 287 (1771) wfo-0000400161
Andromeda polifolia var. media Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 68 (1789) wfo-0000506305
Andromeda americana DC. Prodr. 7: 607 (1839) wfo-0000534095
Andromeda canadensis Cels ex Lam. Encycl. 1: 158 (1783) wfo-0000534124
Andromeda canescens Small N. Amer. Fl. 29: 61 (1914) wfo-0000534127
Andromeda glaucifolia Wender. Ind. Sem. Hort. Marb. (1827) in App. n. 2. wfo-0000534182
Andromeda glaucophylla Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 394 (1821) wfo-0000534183
Andromeda glaucophylla var. iodandra Fernald Rhodora 18: 102 (1916) wfo-0000534184
Andromeda glaucophylla f. latifolia (Aiton) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 55. 1924 wfo-0000534185
Andromeda glaucophylla var. latifolia (Aiton) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees : 709 (1927) wfo-0000534186
Andromeda grandiflora Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 88. 1840 wfo-0000534192
Andromeda jamesiana Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 81: 258 (1954) wfo-0000534204
Andromeda kalmiifolia Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 1: 204 (1824) wfo-0000534207
Andromeda myrifica A.Pabrez ex Hryn. Arch. Nauk Biol. Towarz. Nauk. Warszawsk. 4: 53 (1933) wfo-0000534244
Andromeda oleifolia Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 1: 204 (1824) wfo-0000534259
Andromeda oleifolia Hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 89 (1840) wfo-0000534261
Andromeda polifolia var. angustifolia Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 68 (1789) wfo-0000534280
Andromeda polifolia var. concolor B.Boivin Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 16 (1951) wfo-0000534281
Andromeda polifolia f. concolor (B.Boivin) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 630. 1967 wfo-0000534282
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (Link) DC. Prodr. 7: 607 (1839) wfo-0000534283
Andromeda polifolia subsp. glaucophylla (Link) Hultén Acta Univ. Lund., 2 , 44(1): 1242 (1948) wfo-0000534284
Andromeda polifolia f. humilis Kurtz Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(4): 393. 1894 [28 Dec 1894] wfo-0000534285
Andromeda polifolia subsp. humilis V.M.Vinogr. in Arktich. Fl. SSSR 8: 134 1980 wfo-0000534287
Andromeda polifolia var. jamesiana (Lepage) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 432 (1966) wfo-0000534288
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 68 (1789) wfo-0000534289
Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia Pall. Fl. Ross. 1(2): ? 1789 wfo-0000534290
Andromeda polifolia subsp. pumila V.M.Vinogr. Arktich. Fl. SSSR 8: 134 (1980) wfo-0000534291
Andromeda polifolia var. pusilla Pall. Fl. Ross. 1(2): 53 1789 wfo-0000534292
Andromeda polifolia var. rosmarinifolia Torr. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 4: 62 (1822) wfo-0000534293
Andromeda revoluta Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 89. 1840 wfo-0000534317
Andromeda rosmarinifolia Gilib. Fl. Lithuan. i. 3. wfo-0000534324
Andromeda rosmarinifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 291. 1813 [Dec 1813] wfo-0000534325
Andromeda secunda Moench Methodus : 457 (1794) wfo-0000534329
Andromeda polifolia subsp. polifolia wfo-0001046859
Andromeda glaucophylla var. glaucophylla wfo-0001047585
Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia wfo-0001047586
Andromeda pumila (V.M.Vinogr.) Chepinoga Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 123 2023 wfo-1000056472